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The San Francisco Giants begin defense of their World Series title Monday in Los Angeles against their archrivals, the Dodgers. And, like last year, a championship season hinges on lights-out starting pitching, defense, timely hitting and — technology?
Read the Rest: How the Giants rode technology to the top of baseball.
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Today’s front pages the day after the Giants won the National League pennant.
How great was this last bay bridge series? Three awesome games make for one of the most memorable non-playoff series I have ever watched.
Athletics and Giants 2000-2011
Giants Attendance:
-Increased from 25,659 before moving in to the new park, to averaging 39,147 since then.
-Peak was last season, after winning the WS (41,819).
A’s Attendance:
-Highest attendance in 2003 (27,365).
-Huge jump between 2000 and 2001 seasons (19,799 to 26,337)
Records from 2000-2011
A’s: 1,045-897
Giants: 1,033-908
(via athleticsnation.com)
“Regardless, Bonds faces up to 10 years in prison on the one count but is likely to receive a far softer sentence, even as cushy as a few months of home confinement. Considering his brusque, antisocial manner and general disdain for humanity, that might be the best thing that happened to Barry in a long time.”
